I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.

Men make history. History does not make the man.

For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and at times a policy making arm of the government.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of us or our record.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.